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Low Culture Essay
Breed Is Good: What Crusader Kings 3 Taught Me About Human Nature
The hours Eliza Clark lost manipulating intricate interactions between learned and inherited traits in Paradox's medieval grand strategy RPG are amply repaid in pope-seducing narratives, mad map-making and a new appreciation of why inbreeding is a bad thing
Reissue of the Week
Reissue Of The Week: Laddio Bolocko’s ’97-99′ Box Set
Sean Kitching sings the praises of late ‘90s noise rock outfit, Laddio Bolocko, whose studio material is finally being reissued for the first time on vinyl by Castle Face Records, a band worthy of a much wider audience, and comparisons to Can and This Heat
Metal
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For May Reviewed By Kez Whelan
Kez Whelan hails the return of two of Europe’s best heavy music festivals, and delivers your regular buyer’s guide to the very best in brand new metal, reviewing new albums by Mizmor & Thou, Vile Creature & Bismuth, Cave In and more
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Einstürzende Neubauten’s Alexander Hacke
Jeremy Allen talks to the Einstürzende Neubauten mainstay about early forays into electronic and industrial as well as drunken country and western plus an album inspired by the joys of Blackpool. All photographs courtesy Alexander Hacke
A Quietus Interview
Push And Pull: An Interview With Hercules And Love Affair
Hercules And Love Affair are set to release a highly unusual and persuasive album, In Amber, which sees them depart from their disco roots and head into more abrasive gothic and industrial waters. Patrick Clarke speaks to Andy Butler and guests, Budgie and Justin Broadrick
Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence IX: French Rap Meets 2-Step
What happens when France's burgeoning rap scene ingests the energy of UK garage and 2-step? Bangers, that's what. Our French music specialist David McKenna guides you through five of the best in our latest Organic Intelligence subscriber exclusive
A Quietus Interview
Encoding The Ineffable: The Ephemeron Loop Interviewed
Vymethoxy Redspiders, aka Urocerus Gigas of Guttersnipe, has recorded what will probably become the year's most striking album, Psychonautic Escapism. Mariam Rezaei talks to her about a "synaesthetic acid bath" of grind, trance, hyperpop, shoegaze and breakcore
